What does hen-peck mean?

hen-peck means "bother persistently with trivial complaints".

How many syllables are in hen-peck?

hen-peck has 2 syllables and divides as hen--peck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hen-peck?

Close synonyms include nag, peck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hen-peck a common word?

hen-peck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Hen-peck — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
bother persistently with trivial complaints
“She nags her husband all day long”
Synonymsnag peck
Broadercomplain

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What does hen-peck mean?: hen-peck means "bother persistently with trivial complaints".
How many syllables are in hen-peck?: hen-peck has 2 syllables and divides as hen--peck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for hen-peck?

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